genus

Euscelis Brullé, 1832

Euscelis Brullé, 1832a: 109.
type species by original monotypy Euscelis lineolata Brullé, 1832
Euscelis Brullé, 1832 (classified as Athysanina Van Duzee, 1892) in Dmitriev, 2006b

Euscelis lineolata Brullé, 1832 type species by original monotypy of Euscelis Brullé, 1832

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ευ (true, good, typical) + σκέλος, σκελίσ (femur)

Brullé, G.A. (1832a) Homoptères. In Expédition scientifique de Morée: Section des Sciences Physiques, tome III. I re Partie Zoologie Deuxième Section des Animaux Articulés. T. 3., pt. 1. Zoologie. F.G. Levrault, Paris. Vol. 3, pp. 107–115, pl. 31. [400 pp.]
Dmitriev, D.A. (2006b) Larvae of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) of European Russia and adjacent territories. IV. Tribe Athysanini. [Личинки цикадовых подсем. Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) Европейской части России и сопредельных территорий. IV. Триба Athysanini]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 85(1), 75–121. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 86(1), 11–48]